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How to Apply

A Step By Step Guide to Financial Aid

Elizabeth City State University encourages you to apply for financial aid assistance
today! Application to our institution does not obligate you to accept our financial
aid offer. It does, however, give the Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships
(OSFAS) staff the information we need to assist you in making your college choice.
Let us help you discover how Elizabeth City State University could fit into your future.
Please click on the hyperlink below to see the 7 easy steps to apply for financial
aid!

Here is important information on the steps to applying for financial aid assistance
at Elizabeth City State University

1.Apply to the University

Please visit the Office of Admissions website to learn about completing and submitting
your Admissions application. After reading the instructions, please fill out the online application as thoroughly as possible. Print the application agreement statement that appears
after you submit the application. Return it with a nonrefundable application fee of
$30 to the Office of Admission. The Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships
will not be able to review your financial aid application until you have been admitted
to the university.

Once ECSU has received a copy of your FAFSA, an award offer will be electronically
sent to the student. Some students will be required to complete the process of Verification. Verification is the process in which The Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships
verifies that the information on the FAFSA is accurate. If you are selected for verification,
you must complete the verification process before any awards will be finalized. The
Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships contact the student via email and
through the Self Service Banner (SSB) portal if any additional documents are needed
to complete your file . The Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships will
submit all changes required as a result of Verification. When you submit any documents
to the office, please make sure that your name and student ID number is included on
all documents.

4. Review your Award Offer

Award letters will be mailed out to all students as they are completed. When the review process is complete, the student will receive an award letter. The
award letter is also available in Banner Self Service. Students who receive an award
letter should go to Self-Service Banner to accept, reduce, or decline their federal student loans. Loan funds will not be
paid to student accounts unless they are accepted on Banner Self Service. In Banner,
students can view their financial aid status at any time. They can also view any outstanding
requirements, view their student account summary, and view and pay bills.

I must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), which is complete 66% of the
classes attempted for each semester, have the required semester GPA & complete my
program of study within 150% of the hours needed to graduate (Please review the SAP
policy).

I may be awarded only up to my cost of attendance (COA). I am required to report any
outside scholarships & loans that I receive & that they may reduce the amount of financial
aid that I receive in order that my total award does not excess my COA. I will use
all awarded funds only for expenses related to my study. I must return any funds received
that I am not eligible for.

If I decide to withdraw from ECSU before the 60% mark of the semester I will not be
eligible to receive my full disbursement of federal aid that I was awarded.

I cannot be enrolled in two or more post secondary schools at the same time. Funds
are awarded based on financial need & credit hours. I am obligated to report any change
in my circumstances.

I do not owe a refund on any grant or loan, am not in default on any loan or have
made satisfactory arrangements to repay any defaulted loan, & have not borrowed in
excess of the loan limits under Title IV programs at any institution.

I authorize ECSU to defer my tuition, fees, books, room & board charges to my federal,
state & institutional aid. I understand that I may rescind this authorization at any
time.

I authorize release & exchange of information between ECSU, educational institutions,
& educational state agencies, & agree that such information exchanged may include
financial, enrollment, academic status, identification, legal residency, & location
information necessary to assure proper administration of federal, state & institutional
financial aid programs. If I purposely give false or misleading information, I may
be fined $20,000, sent to prison, or both.